Meins said she knows what the families of Orlando victims are going through. "It's time to disarm hate."

She continued, "Each person in that club was someone's child, a sibling, a lover, a friend. I wish I could say I'm surprised that we're here again, but sadly I'm not."

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Gunshot survivor Angel Santiago looks over at fellow victim Patience Carter as she recounts her story at a news conference at Florida Hospital Orlando on the shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young

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Gunshot survivor Patience Carter (2nd L) is comforted by Dr. Neil Finkler as fellow survivor Angel Santiago (R) looks on at a news conference at Florida Hospital Orlando on the shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young

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Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat who filibustered for almost 15 hours to push for more gun control, called for the press conference following the event. Meins spoke about her father and how hearing about the Orlando shootings made her relive the trauma.

"The pain of knowing this was happening again in our country to so many families was just too much to bear," Meins said.

Meins was not alone in this sentiment. She was trained by the group Everytown for Gun Safety on how to publicly speak about these issues and meet with politicians. The group was started by Michael Bloomberg, billionaire and former New York City mayor.

Today, Everytown and Moms have more than 3.5 million supporters. Despite backlash from the National Rifle Association (NRA), Watts and her "Moms" are not backing down. "It's really just the gun lobby leadership that disagrees" with what the group wants, she said.

Despite the tragedy in Orlando, Watts remains hopeful-- and "Moms" are working to help. Since the shootings, the group has organized over 50 vigils, made over 50,000 volunteer phone calls to Congress, and sent in over 100,000 petition signatures calling for action.

"That's amazing grass-roots power. Our side has never had that before," Watts commented.

"The NRA has been able to generate outrage and emails and phone calls and rallies with the flip of a switch. And we can do that now too."